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THÀNH PHỐ SẦM SƠN NĂM HỌC: 2024-2025

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 14 tháng 01 năm 2025
Đề thi có 06 trang.
SECTION A – LISTENING (20 pts)
PART I. Listen and look. There is one example.
Example:
Where did Jack want to go on his birthday?
A. have a picnic in the countryside
B. go to see a movie
C. go to the sports centre with his friends

1. Which film do they choose?

A. The film about rockets in space
B. The film about the big fire and all the firemen
C. The film about dinosaurs
2. When will Jack see the film?
A. Saturday B. Sunday C. Monday
3. What time must Jack’s friend come to his house?
A. 4.30 B. 4.45 C. 5.15
4. How will they buy the cinema tickets?
A. buy the tickets at the cinema
B. buy the tickets via phone
C. buy the tickets online
5. How will they get to the cinema?
A. by car B. on foot C. by taxi

PART II. Listen and complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A
NUMBER.
MOVING COMPANY SERVICE REPORT
- Full name: Jane Bond
- Phone number: (6) ________
- USA address: 1137 University Drive in Seattle
- Packing day: (8) ________
- Date: 11th March
- Clean-up by: 5:00 p.m.
- Day: (9) ________
- About the price: Rather expensive
- Storage time: (10) ________
PART III. Brad is telling his friend about his weekend. Are these statements true or false? Listen
and choose the correct answer. (5 pts)
16. He had a pretty exciting weekend.
17. His girlfriend got sick.
18. He rented some videos – it was really great.
19. On Sunday, he wanted to play tennis with his brother.
20. He watched videos with his brother instead.
PART IV: You will hear a telephone conversation about a journey to New York. Listen and
complete questions 6-10. You will hear the conversation twice. (5pts)
JOHN LOCKE TRAVEL
- Travel to: New York
- Name: (11) Mr. ________
- Will leave on: (12) ________ December
- Will return on: (13) 30th ________ March
- Price: (14) £ ________
- Travel to airport by: (15) ________
 SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 pts)
Question 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in
the same line. (3 pts)
21. A. possessive B. session C. impression D. assistance
22. A. casual B. equal C. gradual D. mutual
23. A. moustache B. championship C. machinery D. champagne
Question II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in
each question. (2 pts)
24. A. compulsory B. material C. economic D. instruction
25. A. imagine B. activity C. addition D. interview
SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)
Question I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10 pts)
26. The people who ________ the survey said that they had examined over 1,000 accidents.
A. gave B. proceed C. set D. conducted
27. The judge found him ________ of stealing and sent him to prison.
A. evil B. innocent C. guilty D. wicked
28. The house we have rented is ________. So we will have to buy some beds, chairs, tables, etc.
A. unrestored B. unrepaired C. unfinished D. undecorated
29. He was turned down for the job because he is ________.
A. qualified B. qualifying C. unqualified D. qualification
30. I don’t think he will join us, ________?
A. do I B. will he C. won’t he D. doesn’t he
31. ________, the disaster would not have happened.
A. Had you have obeyed the orders B. You had obeyed the orders
C. You obeyed the orders D. Had you obeyed the orders
32. ________ had booked in advance were allowed in.
A. Only who B. Only those who
C. Only who were those D. Only were those who
33. Whether the sports club survives is a matter of complete ________ to me.
A. indifference B. disinterest C. importance D. interest
34. After years of neglect there was a huge ________ program to return the city to its former glory.
A. restoration B. preservation C. conservation D. refurbishment
35. The assistant suggested ________ the next day when the manager would be there.
A. we were coming back B. to come back
C. we will come back D. we come back
Question II: Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in the brackets. (5 pts)
36. (Listen) _____________ to the speaker for 5 minutes, Peter got up and left.
37. But for your help, we (not finish) ___________the project on time.
38. I smell something terrible in this room. Somebody (smoke)__________ in here.
39. Our teacher requested that our lessons (review) __________carefully before the exams.
40. He is the last person (know)___________ the news.
Question III: Give the correct form of the words in parentheses. (5 points)
41. His health won’t be better unless he __________the operation. (GO)
42. The students stood in four rows according to their ______________height. (RESPECT)
43. He owed his rescue to a ______________passenger. (PASS)
44. With all the modern facilities, doing housework is still very_____________ (TIME)
45. We wish you good health and ______________ (LONG)
Question IV: There are FIVE mistakes in the text (from 46 to 50). Identify each mistake, write it
down and give your correction. (5 pts)
When I was a boy, children always objected to wearing school uniform, but teachers were keen
on it because they said all of us looked like. Otherwise, they said, children would compete with one
another, and the poor children would be very unhappy because people would see straight away how
poor they were. In recently years, however, many schools have given up the idea of making children
wearing uniform, but, funnily enough, now that children can wear ing what they like, they have
adopted an uniform of their own. When some journalists visited a London school, they found that all
the boys and girls were dressed in jeans because no one want to look different from the other students
in the class. Parents may not be happy about this as children, but they ought to be because this new
kind of uniform is one that the children like, not something they have been forced to wear.
SECTION D: READING (30 pts)
Question I: Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable
word. (10 points)
ADVICE BEFORE STARTING WORK
In these days of high unemployment, it is often difficult (51) ___ ___ young people to find a
job. If they are lucky (52) ___ ___ to be asked to go for an interview, they may find (53) ___ ___ there
are at least 20 other applicants for the (54) ___ ___. If a company is thinking of offering (55) ___ ___
a job, they will ask you for at least one reference from either your previous employer (56) ___ ___
someone who knows you well. (57) ___ ___ taking up your job, you may have to sign a contract. You
will probably have to do some training, (58) ___ ___ helps you to do the job more successfully. Once
you have decided that this is your chosen career, you will then have to work (59) ___ ___ to try and
get promotion, which usually brings more responsibility and more money! If you are unlucky, you
may be made redundant, and not be able to find (60) ________ job. It is also a good idea to pay some
money into a pension scheme, which will help you to look after yourself and your family when you are
retired. Finally, good luck!"
Question II. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for
each space. (10 pts)
NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE
British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on
(61) ________ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed
a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as ‘Darwin,’ his telescope could tell if
planets 50 (62) ________ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (63) ________, NASA
scientists had shown a proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life. Penny announced that his
telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (64)
________ of 500 million, is on a short list of two proposals. If approved it will probably be (65)
________ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually
for five telescopes positioned 15 meters apart in space, working as a (66) ________ processing station.
The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint
images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the
planets it (67) ________, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope can be set up to do this. He
claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (68) ________ galaxy, even though these
planets lie (69) ________ our reach for the moment. The European Space Agency will make its
decision (70) ________ Darwin within three years.
61. A. another B. other C. others D. the other
62. A. light B. lighten C. lightening D. lighting
63. A. following B. after C. next D. later
64. A. price B. schedule C. charge D. budget
65. A. driven B. fetched C. launched D. taken
66. A. central B. centre C. middle D. heart
67. A. invents B. searches C. discovers D. looks
68. A. alone B. same C. one D. own
69. A. out B. toward C. beyond D. over
70. A. of B. on C. about D. with
Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below. Write the
answers on your answer sheet. (10 pts)
The atmosphere that originally surrounded Earth was probably much different from the air we
breathe today. Earth's first atmosphere (some 4.6 billion years ago) was most likely hydrogen and
helium. The two most abundant gasses found in the universe - as well as hydrogen compounds, such as
methane and ammonia. Most scientists feel that this early atmosphere escaped into space from the
Earth's hot surface.
A second, more dense atmosphere, however, gradually enveloped Earth as gases from molten
rocks within its hot interior escaped through volcanoes and steam vents. We assume that volcanoes
spewed out the same gases then as they do today: mostly water vapor (about 80 percent), carbon
dioxide (about ten percent), and up to a few percent nitrogen. These same gases probably created
Earth’s second atmosphere.
 As millions of years passed, the constant outpouring of gases from the hot interior—known as
outgassing—provided a rich supply of water vapor, which formed into clouds. Rain fell upon Earth for
many thousands of years, forming the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the world. During this time, large
amounts of carbon dioxide were dissolved in the oceans. Through chemical and biological processes,
much of the carbon dioxide became locked up in carbon sedimentary rocks, such as limestone. With
much of the water vapor already condensed into water and the concentration of carbon dioxide
dwindling, the atmosphere gradually became rich in nitrogen.
It appears that oxygen, the second most abundant gas in today’s atmosphere, probably began an
extremely slow increase in concentration as energetic rays from the sun split water vapor into
hydrogen and oxygen during a process called photodissociation. The hydrogen, being lighter, probably
rose and escaped into space, while the oxygen remained in the atmosphere.
This slow increase in oxygen may have provided enough of this gas for primitive plants to
evolve, perhaps two to three billion years ago. Or the plants may have evolved in an almost oxygen-
free (anaerobic) environment. At any rate, plant growth greatly enriched our atmosphere with oxygen.
The reason for this enrichment is that plants, in the presence of sunlight, process carbon dioxide and
water to produce oxygen.
71. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The original atmosphere on Earth was unstable.
B. The atmosphere on Earth has changed over time.
C. Hot underground gases created clouds, which formed the Earth’s atmosphere.
D. Plant growth depended on oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere.
72. The word “enveloped” in line 6 is closest in meaning to...
A. surrounded B. changed C. escaped D. characterized
73. The word “they” in line 8 refers to...
A. gases B. volcanoes C. steam vents D. rocks
74. According to the passage, outgassing eventually led to all of the following EXCEPT...
A. increases in the carbon dioxide content of sedimentary rocks
B. the formation of bodies of water
C. decreases in the level of nitrogen
D. the formation of clouds
75. The word “gradually” in line 17 is closest in meaning to...
A. accidentally B. quickly C. in the end D. by degrees
76. The passage suggests that oxygen remained in the atmosphere because...
A. it was caused by outgassing
B. it was heavier than hydrogen
C. hydrogen became trapped in limestone
D. rays from the sun created equal amounts of hydrogen and oxygen
77. The author uses the word “Or” in line 23 to...
A. criticize the previous suggestion B. provide unrelated information
C. propose a similar idea D. suggest an alternative
78. The phrase "At any rate" in line 24 is closest in meaning to:
A. regardless B. in addition C. although unlikely D. fortunately
79. The author organizes the discussion of the Earth’s atmosphere in terms of the:
A. role of volcanoes in its formation
B. occur in which changes
C. time it took for the Earth’s surface to cool and nitrogen to appear
D. chemical and physical features of gases
80. Which of the following does the passage mention as necessary for both the production of oxygen
by photodissociation and the production of oxygen by plants?
A. Water B. Hydrogen C. Carbon dioxide D. Nitrogen
SECTION E: WRITING (20 pts)
Question I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed above it.
81. I was on the point of leaving the house when the telephone rang.
→ I was ________________________________________________________.
82. Pupils are not allowed to leave the classroom at any time.
→ At ________________________________________________________.
83. His disabilities did not prevent him from sailing around the world.
→ Despite the fact _________________________________________________.
84. Despite his brilliance, he never became famous.
→ Brilliant ________________________________________________________.
85. Tom insisted on being told the complete story.
→ Nothing but ________________________________________________________.
Question II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, by
using the words given.
86. You'd feel better if you had a quiet holiday. (DO)
→ ________________________________________________________.
87. By chance I was in that town when the earthquake started. (HAPPENED)
→ ________________________________________________________.
88. Despite knowing this place very well, I got lost. (THOUGH)
→ ________________________________________________________.
89. Were Jack not so affluent a man, she would not be dating with him. (BUT)
→ ________________________________________________________.
90. They listened eagerly and attentively to the President’s speech. (EARS)
→ ________________________________________________________.

Question III. Write a paragraph (130–150 words):

“Should students join any clubs at school?”
- Give specific examples and reasons to support your idea.

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